the intercommunal net,
scaling safe communities
with shared resources &
democratic tools
scaling safe communities
with shared resources &
democratic tools
What is Blacksky Algorithms?
Every online community should control its own destiny. We’re building the intercommunal net where communities can use decentralized tools to govern themselves, pool resources, and stay safe on their own terms.
Safe Spaces, Your Way
Build communities where people actually want to hang out. Set your own rules, moderate content together, and create spaces that work for your community.
Fund Things Together
Pool money for what matters to your community. Whether it’s covering server costs, paying creators, or funding local projects.
Decide Together
Make decisions as a community, not as subjects of a platform. Vote on changes, allocate resources democratically, and govern your space with decentralized tools built for collective decision-making.
Recent Posts
AHA Seminar Series: Rishi Balakrishnan | Who Moderates? Community Control of Automated Content Moderation
Join us for our online seminar series event hosted by MIT Media Lab’s Advancing Humans with AI (AHA) research program! This event features Rishi Balakrishnan, founding engineer at Blacksky Algorithms, building towards self-governable online communities on an integrated platform.
Thoughts on Cyberpositionality: The Construction of Digital Communities in Digital Spaces, Damien Patrick Williams
Public and semi-public online spaces and platforms like Twitter, Blacksky, and Discord provide an organizational arena where people can increase issue awareness, build senses of community, and share general information
Growth and Sustainability of the Open Social Web @ PublicSpaces Conference 2026
As Mastodon celebrates its 10th anniversary and BlueSky surpasses 43 million users, it has become clear that the Open Social Web is here to stay. Yet while these two larger platforms continue to grow, the remarkable potential of their underlying protocols remains largely unknown to most users. Unlocking the full power of the interoperable ecosystem that the Open Social Web promises requires more apps, platforms, and products to emerge and thrive within it. This panel explores viable business cases for decentralised social media platforms, and how to reduce dependency on the ecosystem’s larger players.
Community Governance for the Open Social Web @ PublicSpaces Conference 2026
Following Rudy Fraser’s keynote, the conversation broadens into a wider discussion on community, identity, and digital space. Lauren Challis, board member of the Internet Society Netherlands, brings expertise in open internet governance and digital rights — exploring how decentralized technology can serve underrepresented communities. Nabil Moktar, co-founder of Nightclub Garage Noord, cultural venue Kanaal40 and Stichting 40Worldwide Foundation, represents grassroots community building in the physical world. Together, the panel examines where digital and cultural spaces intersect: How do we build platforms and places where communities truly feel at home? And who gets to decide the rules?
BlackSky @ PublicSpaces Conference 2026
Keynote by Rudy Fraser What does it look like when a community builds its own social media on its own terms? Rudy Fraser, technologist, community organiser, and founder of Blacksky Algorithms [https://blackskyweb.xyz/], has been doing exactly that.